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Film Festivals 411 – Why Didn’t you Program My Film?

By chris in filmmaker tips

Jon Gann, writing for Script Magazine:

Film festivals are a business to showcase outstanding films to established audiences, attract new audiences, and provide a solid platform for filmmakers to meet and connect with these audiences and one another. That’s a lot of planets to align, and sometimes the math just may not work in your favor. It really is that simple.

Jon has written a really excellent book of interviews with festival programmers – this article is just a taste of the wisdom that lies therein.

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